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Newspaper

The Sunday Telegram

Location

Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Apr 02, 1916

Page

5

Dinner Dance Honoring Miss Helen Peck in Center Colo

A dinner dance Saturday evening in Waldo's Iomire room honored Miss Helen Peck of Denver Colorado. Guests included Dr. and Mrs. G.N. Slater and many local residents. floral centerpieces featured sweet peas and valley ties. The Allegheny Camp Fire Girls were hosted by Mrs. Edward Pendleton. Margaret Gill will host East End Sewing Circle. Mareato Choral Club rehearses at Central Christian church. Thimble Club gathers at Mrs. D. A. Brown's home. guests included L. W. Elliott and George Brown. A salad course followed the hospitality.

Albert Waldo Misa Helen Peck Center Colo GN. Slater Helen Peck den Yer Grace Haymaker Genevieve Harrison Virginia Snider Edoa’ Haymaker J.J. Yee ‘Horner John Koblesard Jack Allegheny Camp Fire Edward Pendleton Pendleton Apartments Seventh Street Margaret Gill East End Mareato Choral Club Central Christian Church W. Lee Williams Irs Homer Williams Anna Tate Prompt D. A. Brown Tate iMre LW. Elliott Mra Richard King E Thorny Taney Mireie Maxwell Mary Hannaford Oda Maxwello Manley Magino Kiddy Berry Carter Madge Leonard Eleanor Brown Frances Brown L. W. Elliott George Brown

The Easter Pack and Fashion Features in McClure's April

McClure's April issue highlights The Easter Pack with Ellen Ackerman's cover art Easter Sundae and new fiction by Cameron Mackenzie and Richard Washburn Child. It also surveys fashion and embroidery topics in Pictorial Review, plus numerous articles on cinema, society, and world events.

Woma California Baird McClure Porter Emerison Browne Eugene Matlowe Rhodes Arcond NeClure Cameron Mackenzie Anna Steele Richardson Richard Washburn Frank Goewy Jones George Julietta Sophie Kerr New York School of Fine and Applied Arts Eleanor Ackerman van Houten Avenue Passaic N. J Wv. O Fashion Department Maude Anderson Margaret Bryce

G O P Primaries Leave Field Open

Washington, April 1. Returns from March primaries show no clear path to the Republican nomination. About 160 of 986 delegates elected, with many uninstructed. Indiana, Kentucky and Minnesota delegations split among Fairbanks Cummins La Follette, while others remain uncommitted. April primaries will add 313 delegates. big states New York and Illinois loom large. There is no pledged majority in sight and strategy centers on uncommitted delegates and potential coalitions. The growing global aviator count is noted at 50,000.

Washington Chicago Indiana Kentucky Fairbanks Minnesota Cumine Iowa la Follette Wisconsin North Dakota Kansas Missouri North Caroli Oklahoma New Hampshire Florida Hughes Roosevelt New York Tlinois Pennsylvania Sherman Cummins Wincosin Burton Ohio Massachusetts Michigan New Jersey Nebraska Montan

Barker and son step at Ner North listing

William Barker of 224 Milford Airest Stanley Heights reports long illness including kidney bladder trouble and rheumatism stomach issues. He credits a bottle of Nery-Saree with marked improvement and praises Nery-Worth as a remedy from Burke's drug store for relief.

Wm, Barker and Son Step Ner North Lst Barker Milfordairest Stéaley Heights William Barker Burke Nerys

Box Supper and Ice Cream Social at Adamston Church

The Loyal Workers Society of Adamston Methodist Episcopal Church invites all to a box supper and ice cream social on Tuesday evening April 4 in the church basement. Tickets and details are available through church notices.

The Loyal Workers Society of the Adamston Methodist Episcopal Church Theohurch

German Spy Behind Bars in New York

German stowaway Clarence Jivdson alias Ernest Schiller was jailed at police headquarters in New York charged with attempting to place dynamite on the Cunard Line steamship Pannonia. He said he used a motorboat to store the explosive but would not reveal its launch location. The plot, planned for March 3, was abandoned after confederates backed out.

New York Cunard Line Pannonia Clarence Jivdson Ernest Schiller Hudson Hoboken

Villa action linked to San Geronimo blow reports

The article discusses the theory that Villa's activities enabled Colonel Dodd to strike at San Geronimo Ranch two days after the Minaca crime, boosting hopes Villa is doomed. Refugees report General Luis Herrera left Chihuahua City with troops. rumors of Villa’s capture circulate in El Paso, but none verified. Notable victims and figures named include Donald McGregor, Dr. Stell, Acklin, Woods, Lindsley, Benjamin Snell, and Locke.

Villa Dodd San Geronimo Ranch Minaca Luis Herrera Chihuahua City el Paso Donald McGregor Denver Chicago Stell New Orleans Mexico Ack Lin Woods Lindsley Benjamin Snell Kansas City Locke Arly

Battle at Narocz Lake Delayed By Swamp Terrain

From the Frankfurter Zeitung via Overseas News Agency, German patrols braved chest‑deep waters as forests turned to swamp during Russian assaults. Saarbruecken troops are praised for bravery with a Silesian territorial officer leaping onto a parapet and hurling forty grenades into advancing Ruviklans to halt the attack.

Hearing Postponed in Light and Heat Case Charleston

Through counsel agreement, the Manufacturers Light and Heat Company of Pittsburg will present further evidence in its case against the Public Service Commission of West Virginia. The hearing moved from April 11 to May 22 in Charleston to allow the company to argue that Governor Hatfield influenced the commission’s decision.

Charleston Manufacturers Light and Heat Company Pittsburg Public Service Commission of West Virginia H. D. Hatfield

Eight Hour Day Rally In Scranton With Union Leaders

In Scranton Pennsylvania on April 1 a miners eight hour day celebration filled the town hall. Governor Brumbaugh and United Mine Workers president John P White addressed the crowd. White promised substantial wage concessions from anthracite operators after negotiations in New York and expressed confidence in miners’ representatives to gain recognition. He also hinted that broader relief could be possible though not imminent.

Scranton Brumbaugh John P. White United Mine Workers White New York Eee

British Army Extends Front Near Arras in France

A semi-official communique reports the British army in France has extended its front around Arras and is poised to release 130 kilometers of advances. The announcement signals a broader push in the region as allied forces maintain pressure on enemy lines.

France Arras

Defoe Edges Morgan In Six Round Philadelphia Bout

St Paul featherweight Dilly Defoe delivered a tough six round win over Eddie Morgan of England in Philadelphia. Defoe pressured Morgan three times toward a knockout, but Morgan's ring generalship and steady defense kept him afloat until the final bell.

Philadelphia Dilly Defoe St. Paul Eddie Morgan England Defoe Aghter Morgan

Record Plunge Set By Miss Autderhelder In Detroit

Miss Autderhelder from Indianapolis set a record plunge for distance at a Detroit meet between the Detroit Women's Aquatic Club and an Indianapolis club. She alunged sixty feet and three and one half inches in the women's dual.

Detroit Mid Wolen Autderhelde Indianapolis Autderhelder

Miners Strike Paralyzes Allegheny Valleys Coal

About 1600 miners in the Allegheny valley struck on April 1 demanding an eight hour day with current pay for eight hours. Operators granted some demands, but the miners faces a thinly organized field and the strike spreads in collieries across Pittsburg area.

Pittsburg Alleghany Vally

Canadian pacific official's son reported killed in action

Montreal April 1 word arrives that Captain Fred Shaughnessy second son of Lord Shaughnessy head of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company has been killed in action in section command

Montreal Fred, Shaughnessy Lord Shaughnessy Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Thin women find new beauty with Tonoline treatment

Thousands of thin women report dramatic changes from a new Tonoline treatment offered by the American Proprietary Co. Boston Mass. The ad promises a free trial by mail and notes improved flesh, appearance, and nerve strength with immediate delivery of the tonic, urging readers to respond before the offer ends. Wells-Haymaker Co. markets this beauty remedy.

American Proprietary Co Boston Mass Wells-Haymaker Company

Princeton seniors reveal 230 men survey findings

A Princeton University survey of 230 senior men shows nineteen wholly self supporting and thirty eight partially. Highlights name Jn Law as best all around man and Harvey as editor of Daily Princetonian. Grant Peacock noted for bow legs. Vansar cited as favorite girls’ college. 43 claim never kissed a girl and 160 deny it morally wrong to do so. Dancing and courting opinions varied. Shakespeare praised while Wilson criticized as worst poet.

Princeton Nenfor Atatistics Usu Lamb" Heyniger Carniah N. Y Law Merion Jl. H. Harvey New York City Princetonian Moat Ta G. Payson Axle Wood N. Ju Han Nicoget Grant Peacock Vansar Shakespeare George Bernard Shaw Edmund Wilson Bila Wheeler

Born Slave He Dies Rich Sanford Johnson will probate

The late Sanford Johnson's will, filed in Stockton Kansas, leaves 640 acres in Rooks County free of encumbrance and personal property valued at 7000 dollars. Born a slave, freed by emancipation, he homesteaded in the eighties, raised six children, and provided them with schooling. His estate is to be divided among his children.

Stockton, Kaus Sanford Johnson Rooks County Johnson Amocistor

Wounded Monday in Gourrero raid purportedly wounded

A telegram reported to General Gavira al Juarez from General Gutterres says Villa was wounded in the knee during the Gourrero raid last Monday. Gaviria sought more details about Colonel Dodd's battle from Chi huahua City dispatches.

Gourrero Villa Gavira al Juarez Gutterres Chi

Notable figures in early film and theatre ranks

Prof. George B. McClellan is highlighted as favorite professor and mayor of New York City. Marguerite Clark tops actress favorites with Wislo Ferguson Martha Hedman Mary Pickford Maud Adams Anita Stewart nearby. John Barrymore and Charlie Chaplin lead actors with Forbes-Robertson and Lao Dietrich following.

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